After a long break its time to jump back in. Picked up the Yunagi Fleet kit (old school Torpedo Destroyer, Cruiser, Battleship) and the Dreadnought in 1000 scale as a Christmas to me. I'll likely be picking up the Andromeda very soon.
So a slowish start as I get back in the groove. I started with the Yukikaze type Torpedo Destroyer...mostly because I always felt it as such a cool ship and its a model I have built in the Mecha nonscale series before.
The box art. The models come premolded in the colors shown (more or less).

The 1000 scale partially complete alongside the Mecha series. I plan to use the same grey and red paint scheme on my entire fleet.

In the morning some work on the car (headlight burnt out) then some more sub-assembly and primer.

Got the basics done. Not really liking the decals that come with the kit...no ship names just number designations (TB 100, 101, 102, etc)...so I'll probably make some. And the sticker for the base is in Japanese so...
Paint job looked decent to my old eyes...until you see how a digital pic shows every last defect. ghak.

Got a bit of free time before returning to work on Thursday.
Put the Murasame Cruiser together. A very strait forward build and while designed as a snap kit I used a touch of glue to get a tight bond. Some seams are a bit huge, and the top of the engine housing is popped up a touch...but it is a nice little kit for an evenings work. Due to rain and cold temps painting will be put off for a bit. I'll do the same grey/red scheme as the Yukikaze. I am also toying with the idea of adding gun barrels to the turrets to finish it as an improved version of the class. Decals give the name "Intrepid" (which is of the improved class with gun-barrels) but I'm liking the name Mikuma or Hokaido...so home made decals for this guy also???
The same Blue. Greenish, and white molding as the Yukikaze. Pardon the flash.from the camera.

A lovely sunny day with temps in the mid 60s. Gotta love SoCal. 2 days of rain and we are back to summer. So outside for some prime and paint.
Primed with Tamiya Fine Surface Lt Grey (my primer of choice).
Once dry, a quick hit on the bottom with Lt. Ghost Grey (a very lite bluish tinge to the paint) then a stronger coat of Haze Grey on the topside. The color change is very subtle and may not be noticeable from the camera. Never having built this model from th Mecha series I plan to use reds like the yukikaze...just have to work out a good scheme that flows but is not obnoxious.
Going to let that set overnite (its X-Wing game night with th kids so we gotta get our pew-pew on this evening).
Side view...this really shows the gaps from the build. You can just make out the color difference between lower and upper halves.
Qtr front view. A lot of detail from a small snap kit. I chose to forgo the gun barrels to keep the ships consistent in the timeline.
Qtr aft view. Engine detail is a bit meh, but then its the size of a nail head so not much room to do anything big.

And just because I like to mix my genres...a 1000 scale Klingon vs the 1000 scale StarBlazers. If anything it shows what a real world size difference the genres are working with.
So...Disrupters, Photons, and Phasers or Shock Cannon and Wave Motion?

Got a wash on the Cruiser so it was time to start the Battleship. This ship has a dual side-by-side hanger midships. The hanger can be built with the doors open or closed. I'll do one side closed and the other open. But to accommodate the open hanger I chose to paint that half of the hanger. For scale I used a 3x5 card as a backdrop...each line on the card is 1/4". At this scale the hanger is about 1/4 inch high and my eyes are old...so easy on the critiques.
Looking down on the deck. Used a pencil to make the hazard stripes. The gunmetal paint for the deck hatch reflects the wall panels pretty nice.

Looking to the aft bulkhead there is a little control tower in the overhead and some storage type bins along the wall.

Finished assembly and basecoat for the Kongo/Yunagi class Battleship. In the SB Verse, the difference is the older Kongo has an Earth developed fusion drive system while the Yunagi class are new built from the Kongo design, but use Warp/WaveMotion engine tech.
After the Destroyer and Cruiser this model was a lot larger than I imagined. About as long as both the DD and CA together.
Since I had prepainted the hanger interior and planed to have the door opened, I stuff a cotton ball inside the hanger as a paint barrier. Worked like a champ.

So this is the port side with the open hanger door.

And STBD with the door closed.

A closeup of the installed hanger interior. The flash really washes out the gray toned paint.

Bow on. On the old Kongo the hole in the bow was a Positron Beam cannon. On the new Yunagi Class it is a Shock Cannon. No wave Motion Gun for these old girls.

And the Fleet as is. For the money spent you get 3 complete kits all in scale with each other. Not a bad deal at all.

I'll do the BB in the same red/grey as the other 2. When I get the Dreadnought and Andromeda done they will likely be in the same Fleet color scheme.
I live in San Diego Kalifornia and bought the kits from a local model/hobby store. I'm pretty sure the "2202" tag is box art from Bandai.